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A s I have mentioned in sev-
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philosophy at the U.S. Army
Acquisition Support Center
(USAASC) is "People First." e theme
for this edition of Army AL&T magazine
is " e Army Acquisition Workforce." If
you are a frequent reader of my column,
you'
ve seen an in-depth focus on the
training, education and experience that
Army Acquisition Workforce members
need to best serve the Soldier, as well
as insights on how the men and women
of the Army Acquisition, Logistics and
Technology (AL&T) Workforce succeed
in their jobs.
But how is policy converted into practice?
at is done by our little organization
called the USAASC. (See Figure 1 on Page
152.) It's my organization, one of only 10
direct reporting units (DRUs) in the Army.
I believe it is altogether tting to provide
a "Did You Know?" accounting of how
USA ASC professionals put the 42,000-
plus people who make up the Army
Acquisition Workforce rst by sustaining
strategic planning, personnel security,
force protection, data management,
human resources, resource management
and force structure for 12 program
executive o ces (PEOs) throughout the
country. As the Director, Acquisition
Career Management (DACM) O ce,
we also foster the professional growth
of the Army AL&T Workforce through
functional and developmental training.
Here's how the seven divisions of Head-
quarters, USAASC and the Army
Acquisition Center of Excellence (A ACoE)
execute these missions.
ACQUISITION
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
As the deputy DACM, I am responsible
for the career management and
development of the AL&T Workforce
and U.S. Army Acquisition Corps (A AC).
e Acquisition Career Development
Division (ACDD), in coordination with
USAASC's Workforce Management
Division (WMD), serves as the Army
DACM O ce responsible for acquisition
proponency, advocating for members of
the Army AL&T Workforce and AAC
in 14 acquisition career elds (ACFs).
Speci cally, ACDD:
Attends O ce of the Secretary of
Defense-level functional integrated
product team (FIPT) meetings in sup-
port of these ACFs as Army DACM
O ce representatives.
Handles DOD Instruction 5000.66,
"Operation of the Defense Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics [AT&L]
Workforce Education, Training and
Career Development Program," tenet
5.3, on the responsibilities of heads of
DOD components.
Duties include providing opportunities
for both civilian and military mem-
bers of the Defense AT&L Workforce
to acquire the acquisition education,
training and experience (AETE) nec-
essary to qualify for senior positions;
designating AT&L critical acquisition
positions; and selecting key leader-
ship positions for approval by the
FROM THE DIRECTOR,
U.S. ARMY ACQUISITION SUPPORT CENTER
Craig A. Spisak
Director, U.S. Army
Acquisition Support Center
People First
USAASC PERSPECTIVE
150 Army AL&T Magazine July--September 2013
CAREER CORNER